Archive for the '2008 Presidential Campaign' Category
Monday, September 29th, 2008
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Denver police ‘Beat the Crowds’ T-shirt no laughing matter, protesters charge
By Ernest Luning 9/25/08 5:08 PM
Protest groups are demanding Denver police halt the sale and discipline anyone responsible for the creation of a “commemorative” DNC T-shirt distributed to officers featuring a baseball-bat wielding cop and the slogan “WE GET UP EARLY to BEAT the Crowds […]
Posted in Bill of Rights, Colorado, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Police |
Sunday, September 28th, 2008
Sam Stein
McCain Camp Can’t Get Story Straight On Bailout
September 28, 2008 11:26 AM
At the same time that Sen. John McCain was saying that he didn’t deserve credit for getting an economic bailout package to the brink of completion, his campaign’s chief strategist was arguing that the Senator played an integral role.
Appearing on Meet the Press, […]
Posted in John S. McCain III, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Financial Institutions |
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008
New York Times
McCain Aide’s Firm Was Paid by Freddie Mac
By JACKIE CALMES and DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK
Published: September 23, 2008
WASHINGTON — One of the giant mortgage companies at the heart of the credit crisis paid $15,000 a month from the end of 2005 through last month to a firm owned by Senator John McCain’s campaign manager, […]
Posted in John S. McCain III, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Financial Institutions, Sleaze |
Sunday, September 21st, 2008
‘Misgivings?’
Are we now so PC that the word ‘prejudice’ is off the table?
Enlightened self-interest and simple observation should have made this race a stroll to a landslide, but the twin curses of stupidity and ignorance are making it a horse race.
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AP | RON FOURNIER and TREVOR TOMPSON | September 20, 2008 08:36 PM
Deep-seated […]
Posted in Society, Democrats, USA, Racial Matters, 2008 Presidential Campaign |
Saturday, September 20th, 2008
The Conscience of a Liberal
Paul Krugman
The New York Times
September 19, 2008, 7:24 pm
McCain on banking and health
OK, a correspondent directs me to John McCain’s article, Better Health Care at Lower Cost for Every American, in the Sept./Oct. issue of Contingencies, the magazine of the American Academy of Actuaries. You might want to be seated before […]
Posted in John S. McCain III, Movies, Health, Medicine, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Greed |
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
The New York Times
September 12, 2008
Op-Ed Columnist
The Social Animal
By DAVID BROOKS
Near the start of his book, “The Conscience of a Conservative,” Barry Goldwater wrote: “Every man, for his individual good and for the good of his society, is responsible for his own development. The choices that govern his life are choices that he must make; […]
Posted in Society, Politics, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Sarah Palin |
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008
The Ugly New McCainBy Richard Cohen
Wednesday, September 17, 2008;
Following his loss to George W. Bush in the 2000 South Carolina primary, John McCain did something extraordinary: He confessed to lying about how he felt about the Confederate battle flag, which he actually abhorred. “I broke my promise to always tell the truth,” McCain said. Now […]
Posted in John S. McCain III, 2008 Presidential Campaign |
Tuesday, September 9th, 2008
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Palin Billed State for Nights Spent at Home
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Taxpayers Also Funded Family’s Travel
By James V. Grimaldi and Karl Vick
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Washington Post Staff Writers
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Tuesday, September 9, 2008; A01
ANCHORAGE, Sept. 8 — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has billed taxpayers for 312 nights spent in her own home during her first 19 months in office, charging a “per diem” allowance […]
Posted in 2008 Presidential Campaign, Alaska, Sleaze, Sarah Palin |
Monday, September 8th, 2008
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
Sept. 3
Warning for College Student Voters
Last week, Virginia’s Montgomery County, home to Virginia Tech, issued a press release regarding proper protocol for college students registering to vote. In interviews with Inside Higher Ed Tuesday, it was described by turns as “unsubstantiated,” “chilling,” and (more generously) as not “incredibly encouraging or friendly.”
It reads, in […]
Posted in Ohio, Education, Elections, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Voting |
Saturday, September 6th, 2008
Colorado elections director resigns amid inquiry
By Myung Oak Kim, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
Saturday, September 6, 2008
The abrupt resignation Thursday of a top elections official at the secretary of state’s office happened in the midst of a watchdog group’s investigation into her relationship with a local businessman who has contracts with that office.
Holly Lowder, 66, resigned […]
Posted in Elections, Colorado, Electronic Voting, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Voting |
Friday, September 5th, 2008
…and I am not thinking of FIELD & STREAM.
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A HUNTING TROPHY: In this undated photo, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and one of her daughters pose with a caribou she shot. A woman in an exceedingly macho state, Palin has not always been taken seriously. But opponents cross her at their peril.(Associated Press VIA LA TIMES) […]
Posted in 2008 Presidential Campaign, Alaska, Parenting, Sarah Palin, Huntin' 'n Fishin' |
